special delivery

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The delivery of a piece of mail, for an additional charge, by a special messenger rather than by scheduled delivery.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A kind of postal service in which, for an extra fee, letters and packages are delivered in a highly expedited manner by a special courier.

n. A particular posted letter or package which is delivered in this manner; a particular act of conveying such letters or packages to one or more recipients.

n. Something—whether desirable or undesirable—which is intentionally given to a specific individual or which an individual receives rapidly and unexpectedly; the personalized, direct quality of the transmission of such an item.